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From: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Shut off pci_find_device warnings when the deprecated
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:32:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090729003208.GB3539@ldl.fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090729002801.GR15310@basil.fritz.box>

* Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>:
> > Maybe it's too late now, but I thought those warnings were
> > supposed to motivate people to convert old, buggy drivers to get
> > off the deprecated interface.
> 
> Yes they are, but this warning instance was not for a old driver,
> but for the EXPORT_SYMBOL defining the legacy function.
> 
> If any driver uses it it'll still warn.

Ok, I've been corrected. :)

I still think it would be a good learning project for someone to
audit the tree and see if they can eliminate the usages of
pci_find_device().

Thanks,

/ac


      reply	other threads:[~2009-07-29  0:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20090724094115.GA18450@basil.fritz.box>
     [not found] ` <20090728095552.72c41525@jbarnes-g45>
2009-07-29  0:16   ` [PATCH] Shut off pci_find_device warnings when the deprecated Alex Chiang
2009-07-29  0:28     ` Andi Kleen
2009-07-29  0:32       ` Alex Chiang [this message]

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